Introduction to the Workshop on Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction: Joint Research Issues

Software Engineering (SE) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) aim to develop useful and usable computer systems but they currently do so without sharing a sound scientific common ground. Concepts, methods, and tools are developed in parallel without considering the existence of effective meeting points between the two communities. As a result, terminology unnecessarily differs, fundamental issues such as usability and development process are addressed by both communities but with distinct priorities, competence, and success, and communication gaps impede the transfer of design decisions along the development process. The goal of this workshop was to bring together researchers from HCI and SE to discuss how the two communities might benefit from each other. To provide overview and context, the first day of the workshop consisted of survey presentations on seven topic areas selected by the workshop organizers: